6 things that suddenly exist
That's what you get when you're on vacation. Then you have a helicopter view and suddenly wonder: where do those things suddenly come from?
Butterflies
Really, every house I visit (especially the new and nicely decorated ones) has (preferably in the kitchen) a butterfly composition: a frame or five containing mounted butterflies.
Jam jars as smoothie glasses
Juices and smoothies have been around for a while, but suddenly they are being served everywhere in thick jam jars with a pierced lid where a straw can fit. Was it not good enough before or something?
Plastic glasses in expensive places
When Liesbeth and I settled down on the rooftop terrace of the Soho House, we received our drink in a plastic lemonade glass. That’s certainly the norm here, we thought. But every luxury establishment I visited afterwards served the divine liquid in plastic. So if you eat outside somewhere and there is linen on the table and you feel plastic in your hand, then you are in the right place.
The culotte
Last year we thought all sorts of things about it (especially ‘stupid’ and ‘unattractive’) and while it was in, no one wanted to be found dead in it or seen alive in it. This season we have changed our minds and even I have one hanging in the closet. I’m darn happy with it too.
Dresses made of embroidered mesh
Did you see the photos from the Met Gala? Well, there was no one wearing a normal piece of fabric. Chiara Ferragni maybe kept it modest as a Met-virgin in a light pink dress by Calvin Klein. Everyone else was draped in dresses with open lace pieces, bites out of waists, and other pieces where you suspected that the seamstresses hadn’t finished their masterpiece in time and Beyoncé and the others just said it’s all the rage now.
The gladiator sandal
It was in last year too, but no one wore it then. This year, at least in Ibiza, it’s everywhere. What do I think of it? I believe fashion should be effortless or at least look effortless, and it’s quite a hassle to get into one of those things. And have you thought about how you’re going to get tanned with those things on your legs? Duo Penotti is the word.
